Polymetallic sulfides and sulfosalts of the Pongkor epithermal gold-silver deposit, West Java, Indonesia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 185-200

  Warmada, I Wayan ^a   Lehmann, Bernd ^a   Simandjuntak, Marolop ^b  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Unit Penambangan Emas Pongkor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Epithermal deposit; Famatinite; Fluid evolution; Gold; Indonesia; Pongkor; Stromeyerite mckinstryite; Supergene enrichment; Uytenbogaardtite

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GOLD; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILVER;

LOW-SALINITY FLUIDS;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; PLIOCENE; SILVER; SULFIDE; SULFOSALT GROUP;

INDONESIA; JAVA; PONGKOR;

EID: 0037879580     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.185     Document Type: Article

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